Digital Aim

IOS is developing a breakthrough method for
real-time detection and tracking of the orientation
(aim) of a soldier's weapon, which displays a visual
representation of the aiming information overlaid on
the battle scene on the soldier's head mounted
display, without any radiation directed at the
target. This allows a weapon to be quickly aimed and
fired at a target, without requiring the weapon to
be brought to eye level for aiming, and without
unnecessarily revealing the location of the weapon
or the warfighter.

Advantages of Digital Aim include:

Detection of position and orientation of moving
weapon relative to moving background. Adaptation to scene brightness changes. Modularity - the aiming camera view and other
battlefield information can be readily
incorporated
into the display system; weapon camera can be
conventional video, night-
vision, or any other image
source. No special hardware - the low cost, helmet-mounted
cameras can easily use barcodes to
provide a
distance, relative position, and orientation
detection system. Barcode marks
are resistant to
errors, and can be read when partly occluded or
dirty.

This video segment from the Discovery Channel's Future Weapons show illustrates how IOS UpRight™ image rectification will allow warfighters to engage enemies while staying completely protected from hostile fire. Click on the video to see IOS UpRight™ image rectification in action: